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www.murraypioneer.com.au Tuesday, April 17, 2018 NEWS 3
jane@murraypioneer.com.au
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THE Riverland has been kept
in the dark about a multi-
million dollar project near
Berri, according to a local
environmental group’s chairman.
Katfish Reach Steering
Group chairman Kevin Smith
has expressed his concerns over
a Federal Government-funded
project at Katarapko Park and
questioned whether it is “another
McCormick Centre-type white
elephant in the making.”
The South Australian
Riverland Floodplains inte-
grated infrastructure Program
(SARFIIP) is designed to incor-
porate “more efficient watering”
of the floodplains at Katarapko.
However, Mr Smith says
despite detailed designs for the
project already being formed, the
community has had no insight.
He says the lack of transpar-
ency is in stark contrast to a pro-
ject led by the steering group,
which formed in 2006.
The group, made up of locals,
began work on a plan to improve
the conditions for native fish in
the creek system located in the
Katarapko section of the Murray
River National Park.
“To be accepted as a dem-
onstration reach, the plan was
required to have substantial com-
munity input and support,” Mr
Smith says in a letter to the edi-
tor in today’s Murray Pioneer.
“Our plan had three major
goals: to remove barriers to
fish movement through the sys-
tem, to increase the frequency
of flooding in the 25 low-lying
ephemeral wetlands in the park,
and to enhance the value of the
park as an icon riverine park in
this state.
“To make certain that all of
our plans were acceptable to the
general community, a number
of actions were taken so that the
community were kept up to date
with the plan.
“Community meetings, arti-
cles in this newspaper, radio
interviews, bus tours and com-
munity events were conducted
where interested community
members were able to meet with
and question the planning team
(Katfish Reach Steering Group).”
SARFIIP is funded by the
Federal Government through the
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
and implemented by the State
Government, with $155 mil-
lion allocated to projects at the
Katarapko and Pike floodplains.
Mr Smith says the completed
project is well-signed at the sites
and community members were
“delighted” with the end prod-
uct.
However, he says SARFIIP
has failed to go to the same
lengths to communicate with the
public about the next stage.
“The only information provid-
ed to community members about
the next stage of increasing the
frequency of flooding the wet-
lands has been that there would
need to be additional works done
with a structure at the junction of
Katarapko and Eckert Creeks at
the ‘Splash’,” he said.
“Over the past 12 months con-
cept plans for what is needed to
achieve this flooding have been
developed.
“The Katfish Reach Steering
Group has had an opportunity
to discuss these concept designs
and have a number of issues with
what is proposed.
“We have not had the oppor-
tunity to discuss these concerns
in detail with the engineers who
designed the system.
“The general community has
no idea of what has been pro-
posed.”
According to Mr Smith, the
works include developing 5.6km
of raised earth banks up to 5m
high and 30m wide, and 10
“structures” – at least one much
larger than the structures already
installed.
“These banks and structures
will require removal of consider-
able amounts of healthy native
vegetation and will significantly
change the appearance and nature
of the park,” Mr Smith said.
“In addition, there are many
other concerns that steering
group members have with the
proposal, but despite this,
detailed plans for the structures
and banks are being prepared
ready for a contract to be
given to commence work in
November.”
Mr Smith says he is disap-
pointed with the project leaders’
neglect for public input.
“The approach used by the
current leaders in the (Federal)
Government ranks that are
responsible for this project is
one of complete arrogance and
a total disregard for any form
of community consultation,” he
said.
The National Parks South
Australia online camping book-
ing site says parts of the park
will be closed from November
2018 to the end of January 2020.
Mr Smith met with local
Landcare representatives Myles
Fauser and Greg Martin last
week to discuss the potential
problems with the plans.
The Pioneer contacted the
Department of Environment,
Water and Natural Resources
(DEWNR) for comment, how-
ever did not receive a response in
time for print.
PAGE 4 Letters to the editor
Major
project
‘ignores’
community
A previous project at Katarapko
Park was well-signed and the
community was consulted in the
build-up to the works.
Katfish Reach Steering Group chairman
Kevin Smith, Renmark Paringa Landcare’s
Myles Fauser and Loxton District Landcare
program manager Greg Martin. The trio met
at Katarapko Park to discuss concerns over an
upcoming Federal Government project.
PHOTOS: Christian Longobardi